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You can look at it so literally it exoterically
For example “The Mushroom and the Cross” this is a Hebrew scholar and a translator of the bible, they say that the word for jesus is actually a psychedelic mushroom and that it has been translated wrong.
Are they correct or wrong? Who knows, it’s probably a mix of both.
But the point is you can’t trust the texts to be quite literal as you say.
Look up the “council of Nicea” sketchy af.
Isnt it more likely that he is parables and his life is a series of parables and allegoreis that we do not understand?
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one Hebrew translator even said he is an allegory for a mushroom! what do we know <3
Quoting Revelation for anything is almost always stretched out bullshit. Most of the scriptures could mean anything, while at the same time meaning nothing. It's the perfect book to quote when you're spreading bullshit.
Not even joking, I'm convinced the writer(s) of Revelation were on drugs. I know psychedelic mushrooms grew wild in the area, I'd image other naturally occurring hallucinogens were as well.
Fun note, I'm about to start reading this book
Someone might be interested in this book on the topic.
Not a perfect text, but there's some compelling and thought provoking evidence. There are other resources too, but that's the original 'famous' book on the matter.
There's actually a pretty deep rabbit hole to go down on this subject.
Ya know... There are a few theories in that vein...
https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mushroom-Cross-Christianity-fertility/dp/0982556276
The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross: A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982556276/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_-z4EDbWFEQT1P
The Psychedelic Gospels: The Secret History of Hallucinogens in Christianity https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620555026/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_SA4EDb1CJH5WS
Astrotheology & Shamanism: Christianity's Pagan Roots. A Revolutionary Reinterpretation of the Evidence (Black & White Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439222428/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_bB4EDbW0ZGGTT
Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences https://www.amazon.com/dp/0231174063/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_rC4EDbZ2RWDBS
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: A New Science of Spiritual Revelation in the Hebrew Bible https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594773424/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_9C4EDb46EFXG4
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Υπήρξε και ηταν μανιτάρι.
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Use your brain and simple logic. Why would Jesus be against drunkards in the very text the church is centered around, but then the sacrament to receive him is alcohol. Have a good Easter brotha may god bless you 🙏🏼❤️🔥😂
A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East Great book that speaks about your theory.
The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross: A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982556276/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_8RWS8TKG2392MFFWY0C6
I really don't know why this book isn't more well known, will blow your mind when visiting the factual references and world building it does through its narrative - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Mushroom-Cross-Christianity-fertility/dp/0982556276/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=john+marco+allegro&qid=1603747943&sr=8-1
Long story short for me is that as we shifted from verbal to written language it became more and more difficult to instill awe and grandeur through writing than it was through a priest or elder addressing crowds.
Another great explanation is the 'god of the gaps', early humans had less understanding of the world around them than we do. The gaps in their understanding of things was filled by an all encompassing power that created all. These days we need god as an explanation for things less and less as our understanding of the mechanisms of nature and life itself are unraveled by science.
>Yes, but this study took place in the US and Afghanistan, so we're overwhelmingly talking about mainstream Christians and Muslims.
USA stats for religious affiliation as of 2019, we can understand the following statistics: >Religion in the United States (2019) > Protestantism (43%) >Catholicism (20%) >Mormonism (2%) >Unaffiliated (26%) >Judaism (2%) >Islam (1%) >Buddhism (1%) >Hinduism (1%) >Other religions (3%) >Unanswered (2%)
This means we can safely assume 65% of Americans are affiliated with Christian religions, BUT:
Protestants are divided into 2 different groups: Evangelical and Mainline in all sects with the exception of Pentecostal, Adventist, and Holiness which are Evangelical.
Evangelical is the old school born again, believe in the Bible type religions. They account for approximately 25% of Protestants in 2014. Trump's spiritual advisor, Paula White is Evangelical Pentecostal. Her past and current actions show that there is validity to your statement:
>93% of Americans may profess a belief in god, but many of them aren't particularly observant, practicing, or otherwise engaged in behaviors that indicate high conviction in that belief.
She absolutely qualifies as an individual that checks a box stating she's religious, but does not observe, practice, or engage in behaviors that indicate high conviction in belief.
On the flip side Mainline Protestants are well known for being active in the community and use their religion to further support their community is a left-political leaning.
Catholicism(20%) is also changing under Pope Francis' lead. They are leaving a conservatively traditional position as he has been calling for reform worldwide since being elected. The coolest thing he's done from my perspective is removing a 'ban' on publishing a book called The Sacred Cross and the Mushroom and invites individuals to follow their way to the best religion for them (he actually just called out pew warmers). This was super badass, as for years I couldn't find this book without dropping a few hundred dollars (I study religious and spiritual impact on society). His new leadership style does absolutely upset conservative Catholics, but displays there isn't just one way to interpret a religion. Unfortunately there's no statistics to figure out whom are traditional Catholics and 'new-age' Catholics.
So, if we're focusing on Christians (65%) in the US specifically, we can't actually use a broad term like "mainstream" as current social affairs have shown that there is actually a lot of variety of outlooks in these religions. We can further speculate that Evangelical Protestants are more mainstream and account for about 25% of the American population.
Catholic dioceses may be divided but since the Pope is less traditional and he leads the Vatican that leads the Churches, I would be confident to say the majority of the followers should be more open and less traditional with how they utilize their religion. Considering change takes a considerable amount of time, I wouldn't discount the full 20% congregation from "mainstream", but would acknowledge most of the societal impacts are on more liberal countries that aren't as egocentric as the USA. That being said, they're still Catholic and following a dude who straight up refuses to play games and is cleaning up the mess the last Pope (who was the first in history to resign) made.
Even though Christianity makes up for 65% of religious affiliation in the USA, it's safe to say the percentage of 'mainstream' views in sects are between 25%- 47%, leaving up to 73% for less traditional positions within the country.
The cool thing about this is psychologically speaking religion is a tool to create or strengthen a personal relationship with God. Spirituality is said personal relationship with God. As discussed previously there are individuals that misuse this tool and make it a weapon (Paula White), but that doesn't invalidate the individuals who utilize it for personal and spiritual growth. You can definitely say you're Catholic, but attend Church less often and not be a traditional stereotype, because it's a tool for you to use personally. Because Spirituality is valued on a personal scale, we don't have a system to accurately record the data in a standardized format - especially since there's no financial gain in scientifically studying the concept of God and creating the technology to potentially understand metaphysical theories intertwined with the subject.
Understandably in the US alone, there is still a larger population of individuals that don't follow traditional and puritan Christian values than that do, that request a revaluation on the neural plasticity theory.
I will have to do proper research to dedicate an essay to Islam, but am quite eager to learn more. One of the most interesting things I've gathered in my studies is unlike Christianity, Islam does not demonize mental illnesses like Schizophrenia. There are huge societal differences between Afghanistan and the USA, and religion absolutely holds a higher respect in their country.
Also: the only religions that seriously are not tools for spirituality are cults. To find a cult, see what they do when you leave the congregation. If they gaslight, manipulate, or do anything adverse to the Golden Rule you have successfully left a cult.
The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross is an interesting read, you might like it.
I'm not into organized religion myself, however, if you like both psychedelics and Christianity, you might find this book very interesting- https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mushroom-Cross-Christianity-fertility/dp/0982556276
The author, John Allegro, was a fairly brilliant linguist and I believe a Jesuit (though I may be misrembering), who had access to the Vatican archives and dead sea scrolls. He determined that Christianity originally started out as a sort of mushroom cult. Now Jesus was not a historical person, but a sort of collection of allegorical tales intended to teach moral behavior which was drawn from diverse mythologies that would have been known to those in Judea and the Roman Empire more generally at the time, such as the trials of Hercules (also the son of God/Zeus, begotten of mortal woman, and required to undergo various trials of the flesh in order to eventually attain apotheosis) and the resurrection of Osiris. And originally it wasn't a prudish belief system at all, it was in many ways a fertility cult.
While there is certainly a lot of nonsense that got tacked onto the collection of verbal traditions which became the Bible (New Testament, Old Testament is basically some Jewish texts that got tacked on), if one takes the more liberal/hippyish interpretations of it, it is rather reminiscent of the state one enters on psylocybin, no? John Allegro thought the mushroom (God's flesh as the early Christians conceived of it) was amanita muscaria (also featured in the color theme and a lot of early imagery involving Santa Claus, strangely, and Siberian shamans have reindeers eat amanitas and then drink the reindeer urine for a supposedly better, more concentrated effect)- which is common in shamanic traditions in much of Eurasia. I personally see the effects of psylocybin as much more likely to lead to a Jesusesque point of view, however; we are all one, forgiveness, a lessening of ego, pride, greed, and wrath, empathy, ect. Though psylocybin was widely used in Aztec rites and well, the Aztecs... so I guess societal reactions can vary- though to be fair, the Aztecs viewed their sacrifices as ultimately for the good as that was all that was keeping the dark ones from swallowing the Sun.
Also "St. Anthony's Fire", a manic state in which, according to the beliefs of the time (middle ages), the holy spirit would fill men and women, was caused by ergolines growing on grain. LSD was developed from compounds having to do with ergot, as you might know (those compounds are vasoconstricters and, in low doses, can be useful in the treatment of certain headaches).
Psychedelics, whether ayahuasca in the Amazon, various mushrooms in pretty much every hunter-gatherer society, the mysterious psychoactive vapors of the Delphic Oracle, cannabis in Hinduism and historically amongst the Scythians, peyote amongst certain Native Americans, and practices which can lead to psychedelic states such as fasting in the desert, meditation, yoga, solitude, vision quests, walkabouts, ect. are the original religion/spirituality. I did not believe that "sacred" was even a real feeling that actually existed until I experienced 4-aco-dmt. The spice must flow.
I highly recommend this book
The idea is that Christianity and other religions were created based around of mushroom worship and consumption. He derived this from dead sea scroll texts. This is a huge simplification, i suggest you read his book and criticisms if you want o learn more. His Book
It was more like Jesus WAS a mushroom, or in this case, the psychedelic Amanita Muscaria mushroom. Check out The Sacred Mushroom And The Cross by John Allegro.
http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mushroom-Cross-Christianity-fertility/dp/0982556276
If you have any data on this could you source it?
The guy who translated the dead sea scrolls says the ancient fertility cults who started Christianity actually worship the mushroom amanita muscaria as Jesus. This is why the scrolls were so controversial.
https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Mushroom-Cross-Christianity-fertility/dp/0982556276
We have dry-cleaning receipts that are older than the supposed birth of Christ, but you can't source any historical forensic evidence of the man called jesus.
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